Free Web NovelChapter 73: Chapter 62: Fearless in Solitude, the Divine Monk Goes Wandering
In truth, wine and meat were hidden beneath the fruit.
It was a way to please Divine Monk Wu Tan, who secretly indulged in lavish meals.
"Divine Monk, if you are willing to help, please come with us."
Then, with tears welling in her eyes, she began to remove her robes, piece by piece, revealing her fair and tender body.
Finally, clad in only a dudou, she stepped forward, wrapped her slender arms around Xu Lei, and said, "I, Yingying, am willing to serve you with my body and grant you pleasure!"
Xu Lei savored the embrace of the woman who called herself Miao Ying, and he unconsciously ran a hand over her smooth, soft skin.
He even passively accepted Miao Ying’s kiss.
Most Cultivators were pure of heart and free from desire, but Miao Ying practiced an Evil Technique.
Naturally, she was under no restriction against being intimate with men.
Xu Lei was inwardly delighted.
In reality, he had just feigned a simple weakness.
He just wanted to give Qi Yang and his people some leverage over him. ƒreewebɳovel.com
He hadn’t expected Qi Yang to be so ruthless.
He had sent his female disciple—who seemed to be his own woman—directly to Xu Lei!
He didn’t know how Qi Yang had managed it.
He had somehow made Miao Ying, aggrieved to the point of tears, still come obediently to offer herself to Xu Lei.
And just a few days ago, this same Miao Ying had been so hostile toward him.
She had even threatened to take his head!
But now, she was tearfully, resentfully, offering him a kiss. freēwebnovel.com
「Three months later.」
「In the Almsgiving Room.」
"Divine Monk, so... you still can. Then before...?"
Lying on the bed, Miao Ying panted as she rested on Xu Lei’s chest. "Why did you keep rejecting me?"
That’s right. Three months ago, Xu Lei hadn’t accepted Miao Ying’s offer.
He had refused her.
He had put on the persona of a prim, proper, but inwardly smoldering old Monk.
Yet, through his words and glances, he hinted that he was secretly captivated by Miao Ying’s beauty and her body.
This kept Miao Ying’s hopes alive that her honey trap would eventually succeed.
Afterward, Miao Ying began to think Xu Lei was impotent, but that his repressed desires were still smoldering beneath the surface.
She then stopped mentioning the ancient texts and switched tactics to an emotional appeal.
She began visiting Xu Lei frequently.
She wore a veil when she entered the temple, just like any other female Devotee who wished to remain anonymous.
The other Monks didn’t force anyone to remove their veils.
Then, she pretended to have fallen in love with Xu Lei.
She claimed to be captivated by his profound understanding of the Buddhist Scriptures and his extraordinary artistic skill.
She fussed over him daily, acting coquettishly, staying by his side, playing chess, and having heart-to-heart talks.
Xu Lei, for his part, acted as if he were clearly smitten but struggling to maintain his self-control.
This went on for three months.
Only then did Xu Lei pretend he could no longer control his feelings and pull her into a tight embrace.
He then pulled her into the Almsgiving Room.
He threw all caution to the wind.
And with the body of an old Monk, he gave her some very harsh "Charitable Giving."
He did all this just to create a more believable motive for his later actions—for willingly submitting to their demands and accompanying them to the immortal’s cave.
This way, they would be less suspicious and more inclined to believe whatever he told them later.
In truth, he could have just accepted her offer and gone with them from the start.
After all, Miao Ying and Qi Yang had no other choice.
However, Xu Lei’s current Magical Power was insufficient to refine the cave’s core and claim its treasures for himself.
So, when the time came, he would have to continue deceiving Qi Yang and the others.
He needed to make them believe that the cave’s core could be refined after waiting for a few more decades.
This would prevent them from getting impatient and trying to destroy it by force.
During that time, Xu Lei planned to reincarnate, return secretly, and claim everything for himself.
But Xu Lei felt that if he just went along with them so easily...
...they might not believe what he’d have to say later.
That was why Xu Lei had continued this game of false affection with Miao Ying, this whole push-and-pull, this ambiguous dance.
As for Miao Ying, she had naturally been frustrated for months.
For Qi Yang’s sake, she had already prepared herself to give her body to this wretched old Monk, Xu Lei.
But she never expected Xu Lei to reject her so sternly.
And to keep rejecting her for so long!
She really thought Xu Lei was impotent.
She thought he just had repressed, smoldering desires he couldn’t act on.
She never imagined that after she finally managed to move the old Monk’s heart...
...she would discover today that Xu Lei wasn’t so decrepit after all!
Having endured three months of watching Miao Ying flaunt her charms, he had finally given in.
And Xu Lei certainly didn’t hold back.
Since Wei Qingning had left, he had been celibate, and he had built up a fair amount of energy from his Cultivation.
He directly expended a great deal of it to support his "Charitable Giving."
It left Miao Ying crying and chanting "Amitabha Buddha."
"I told you before, I am not one to take advantage of another’s predicament!"
Xu Lei said earnestly, "That day, Donor Yingying, you wished to give yourself to me in exchange for help deciphering those ancient texts and breaking the Restrictions on that cave.
How could I possibly accept?!
What kind of man would that make me?
But today is different!
You and I feel mutually for each other!
Our lips have met!
Our spirits and bodies have merged!
We have embraced and intertwined!
It is only right and natural!
As for the matter of the cave’s Restrictions... even though you no longer speak of it, Donor Yingying!
But now that I have confirmed my feelings for you!
I love you!
So the things you want to do...
...are the things I must do!
Donor Yingying, find a time for us to set out. Let us go to that cave!
I will do everything in my power to help you decipher the ancient texts, break the Restrictions, and claim its treasures!
I am already an old man.
Although I can still... manage, for now.
I am old, in the end.
If one day, I die of old age...
...I hope that you can live a good life.
That you can overcome the affliction of your heart.
And continue to live!
A woman as wonderful as you, Donor Yingying, deserves the very best the world has to offer!"
Xu Lei’s words brought a shimmer of moisture to Miao Ying’s beautiful eyes, and it was impossible to tell if she was genuinely moved.
